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+BROWSING
+========
+
+Samba now fully supports browsing. The browsing is supported by nmbd
+and is also controlled by options in the smb.conf file (see
+smb.conf(5)).
+
+Samba can act as a browse master for a workgroup, but currently cannot
+act as a domain controller. The ability to be a domain controller will
+be added in a later version.
+
+To get browsing to work you need to run nmbd as usual, but will need
+to use the "workgroup" option in smb.conf to control what workgroup
+Samba becomes a part of.
+
+The -G option is most useful for simple setups where Samba is browsable
+in only one workgroup. In more complex cases the lmhosts file is
+better.
+
+Be very careful setting up your lmhosts file. An incorrectly setup
+lmhosts file can have disasterous results for your net!
+
+A simple lmhosts file might be:
+
+# This is a simple lmhosts file
+#
+# This is a host alias. Anyone querying this name
+# will get the specified IP
+192.0.2.17 SMBDATA
+#
+# first put ourselves in workgroup MYGROUP using
+# our own net address
+0.0.0.0 MYGROUP G
+
+Note in the above that I overrode what workgroup Samba is in using the
+G flag. Also note that the 0.0.0.0 address is used, which will be
+automatically replaced with the broadcast address for groups, and with
+the local IP address for other entries.
+
+Samba also has a useful option for a Samba server to offer itself for
+browsing on another subnet.
+
+This works by the lmhosts file specifying a broadcast address on the
+other network to use to find a browse master for the workgroup.
+
+For example if you wanted yourself to appear in the workgroup STAFF on
+the network which has a broadcast of 192.0.3.255 then this entry would
+do the trick:
+
+# put ourselves in the STAFF workgroup on the other subnet
+192.0.3.255 STAFF G
+
+Notice the G at the end! It is very important you include this as this
+entry without the G could cause a broadcast storm!
+
+If something doesn't work then hopefully the log.nmb file will
+help you track down the problem. Try a debug level of 2 or 3 for
+finding problems.
+
+Note that if it doesn't work for you, then you should still be able to
+type the server name as \\SERVER in filemanager then hit enter and
+filemanager should display the list of available shares.
+
+Some people find browsing fails because they don't have the global
+"guest account" set to a valid account. Remember that the IPC$
+connection that lists the shares is done as guest, and thus you must
+have a valid guest account.
+
+Also, a lot of people are getting bitten by the problem of too many
+parameters on the command line of nmbd in inetd.conf. This trick is to
+not use spaces between the option and the parameter (eg: -d2 instead
+of -d 2), and to not use the -B and -N options. New versions of nmbd
+are now far more likely to correctly find your broadcast and network
+addess, so in most cases these aren't needed.
+
+The other big problem people have is that their broadcast address,
+netmask or IP address is wrong (specified with the -B, -N and -I
+options to nmbd).
+
+FORCING SAMBA TO BE THE MASTER
+==============================
+
+Who becomes the "master browser" is determined by an election process
+using broadcasts. Each election packet contains a number of parameters
+which determine what precedence (bias) a host should have in the
+election. By default Samba uses a very low precedence and thus loses
+elections to just about anyone else.
+
+If you want Samba to win elections then just set the "os level" global
+option in smb.conf to a higher number. It defaults to 0. Using 33
+would make it win all elections over every other system (except other
+samba systems!)
+
+A "os level" of 2 would make it beat WfWg and Win95, but not NTAS. A
+NTAS domain controller uses level 32.
+
+The maximum os level is 255
+
+MAKING SAMBA THE DOMAIN MASTER
+==============================
+
+The domain master is responsible for collating the browse lists of
+multiple subnets so that browsing can occur between subnets. You can
+make samba act as the domain master by setting "domain master = yes"
+in smb.conf. By default it will not be a domain master.
+
+When samba is the domain master and the master browser it will listen
+for master announcements from other subnets and then contact them to
+synchronise browse lists.
+
+If you want samba to be the domain master then I suggest you also set
+the "os level" high enough to make sure it wins elections.
+
+NOTIFYING THE DOMAIN CONTROLLER
+===============================
+
+If you have a domain controller for the domain which Samba is a part
+of then you should add the line "domain controller = address" to
+smb.conf. "address" can either be a name available via DNS or a IP
+address or a broadcast address. If it is a broadcast address then
+Samba will look for a domain controller on that network.
+
+When Samba is the master browser it will regularly contact the domain
+controller to synchronise browse lists.
+
+
+NOTE ABOUT BROADCAST ADDRESSES
+==============================
+
+If your network uses a "0" based broadcast address (for example if it
+ends in a 0) then you will strike problems. Windows for Workgroups
+does not seem to support a 0's broadcast and you will probably find
+that browsing and name lookups won't work.
+
+You have a few options:
+
+1) change to a 1's broadcast on your unix server. These often end in
+.255 (check with your local network guru for details)
+
+2) set the nmbd broadcast to a 1's based address on the command line using
+the -B option. This only works if your network setup listens on both
+0s and 1s based broadcasts. The -B option can only control what
+address it sends to, not what it listens on.
+
+
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/BUGS.txt b/docs/textdocs/BUGS.txt
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+This file describes how to report Samba bugs.
+
+>> The email address for bug reports is samba-bugs@anu.edu.au <<
+
+(NOTE: This mail may not be in place yet. If you have troubles with it
+then use samba-bugs@arvidsjaur.anu.edu.au)
+
+
+Please take the time to read this file before you submit a bug
+report. Also, please see if it has changed between releases, as I
+may be changing the bug reporting mechanism sometime soon.
+
+Please also do as much as you can yourself to help track down the
+bug. I only develop Samba in my spare time and I receive far more mail
+about it than I can possibly answer, so you have a much higher chance
+of an answer and a fix if you send me a "developer friendly" bug
+report that lets me fix it fast.
+
+Do not assume that if you post the bug to the comp.protocols.smb
+newsgroup that I will read it. I do read all postings to the samba
+mailing list (see the README). If you suspect that your problem is not
+a bug but a configuration problem then it is better to send it to the
+Samba mailing list, as there are (at last count) 1900 other users on
+that list that may be able to help you.
+
+You may also like to look though the recent mailing list archives,
+which are conveniently accessible on the Samba web pages
+at http://lake.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba/
+
+
+GENERAL INFO
+------------
+
+Before submitting a bug report check your config for silly
+errors. Look in your log files for obvious messages that tell you that
+you've misconfigured something and run testparm to test your config
+file for correct syntax.
+
+If you include part of a log file with your bug report then be sure to
+annotate it with exactly what you were doing on the client at the
+time, and exactly what the results were.
+
+
+DEBUG LEVELS
+------------
+
+If the bug has anything to do with Samba behaving incorrectly as a
+server (like refusing to open a file) then the log files will probably
+be very useful. Depending on the problem a log level of between 3 and
+10 showing the problem may be appropriate. A higher level givesmore
+detail, but may use too much disk space.
+
+To set the debug level use "log level =" in your smb.conf. You may
+also find it useful to set the log level higher for just one machine
+and keep separate logs for each machine. To do this use:
+
+log file = /usr/local/samba/lib/log.%m
+include = /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf.%m
+
+then create a file "/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf.machine" where
+"machine" is the name of the client you wish to debug. In that file
+put any smb.conf commands you want, for example "log level=" may be
+useful. This also allows you to experiment with different security
+systems, protocol levels etc on just one machine.
+
+
+INTERNAL ERRORs
+---------------
+
+If you get a "INTERNAL ERROR" message in your log files it means that
+Samba got an unexpected signal while running. It is probably a
+segmentation fault and almost certainly means a bug in Samba (unless
+you have faulty hardware or system software)
+
+If the message came from smbd then it will probably be accompanied by
+a message which details the last SMB message received by smbd. This
+info is often very useful in tracking down the problem so please
+include it in your bug report.
+
+You should also detail how to reproduce the problem, if
+possible. Please make this reasonably detailed.
+
+You may also find that a core file appeared in a "corefiles"
+subdirectory of the directory where you keep your samba log
+files. This file is the most useful tool for tracking down the bug. To
+use it you do this:
+
+gdb smbd core
+
+adding appropriate paths to smbd and core so gdb can find them. If you
+don't have gdb then try "dbx". Then within the debugger use the
+command "where" to give a stack trace of where the problem
+occurred. Include this in your mail.
+
+If you known any assembly language then do a "disass" of the routine
+where the problem occurred (if its in a library routine then
+disassemble the routine that called it) and try to work out exactly
+where the problem is by looking at the surrounding code. Even if you
+don't know assembly then incuding this info in the bug report can be
+useful.
+
+
+ATTACHING TO A RUNNING PROCESS
+------------------------------
+
+Unfortunately some unixes (in particular some recent linux kernels)
+refuse to dump a core file if the task has changed uid (which smbd
+does often). To debug with this sort of system you could try to attach
+to the running process using "gdb smbd PID" where you get PID from
+smbstatus. Then use "c" to continue and try to cause the core dump
+using the client. The debugger should catch the fault and tell you
+where it occurred.
+
+
+PATCHES
+-------
+
+The best sort of bug report is one that includes a fix! If you send me
+patches please use "diff -u" format if your version of diff supports
+it, otherwise use "diff -c4". Make sure your do the diff against a
+clean version of the source and let me know exactly what version you
+used.
+
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/DIAGNOSIS.txt b/docs/textdocs/DIAGNOSIS.txt
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+DIAGNOSING YOUR SAMBA SERVER
+============================
+
+This file contains a list of tests you can perform to validate your
+Samba server. It also tells you what the likely cause of the problem
+is if it fails any one of these steps. If it passes all these tests
+then it is probably working fine.
+
+You should do ALL the tests, in the order shown. I have tried to
+carefully choose them so later tests only use capabilities verified in
+the earlier tests.
+
+I would welcome additions to this set of tests. Please mail them to
+samba-bugs@anu.edu.au
+
+If you send me an email saying "it doesn't work" and you have not
+followed this test procedure then you should not be surprised if I
+ignore your email.
+
+
+ASSUMPTIONS
+-----------
+
+In all of the tests I assume you have a Samba server called BIGSERVER
+and a PC called ACLIENT. I also assume the PC is running windows for
+workgroups with a recent copy of the microsoft tcp/ip stack. The
+procedure is similar for other types of clients.
+
+I also assume you know the name of a available share in your
+smb.conf. I will assume this share is called "tmp". You can add a
+"tmp" share like by adding the following to smb.conf:
+
+[tmp]
+ comment = temporary files
+ path = /tmp
+ read only = yes
+
+
+THESE TESTS ASSUME VERSION 1.9.15 OR LATER OF THE SAMBA SUITE. SOME
+COMMANDS SHOWN DID NOT EXIST IN EARLIER VERSIONS
+
+
+TEST 1:
+-------
+
+run the command "testparm". If it reports any errors then your
+smb.conf configuration file is faulty.
+
+
+TEST 2:
+-------
+
+run the command "ping BIGSERVER" from the PC and "ping ACLIENT" from
+the unix box. If you don't get a valid response then your TCP/IP
+software is not correctly installed.
+
+Note that you will need to start a "dos prompt" window on the PC to
+run ping.
+
+If you get a message saying "host not found" or similar then your DNS
+software or /etc/hosts file is not correctly setup. It is possible to
+run samba without DNS entries for the server and client, but I assume
+you do have correct entries for the remainder of these tests.
+
+
+TEST 3:
+-------
+
+run the command "smbclient -L BIGSERVER -U%" on the unix box. You
+should get a list of available shares back.
+
+If you get a error message containing the string "Bad password" then
+you probably have either an incorrect "hosts allow", "hosts deny" or
+"valid users" line in your smb.conf, or your guest account is not
+valid. Check what your guest account is using "testparm" and
+temporarily remove any "hosts allow", "hosts deny", "valid users" or
+"invalid users" lines.
+
+If you get a "connection refused" response then the smbd server could
+not be run. If you installed it in inetd.conf then you probably edited
+that file incorrectly. If you installed it as a daemon then check that
+it is running, and check that the netbios-ssn port is in a LISTEN
+state using "netstat -a".
+
+If you get a "session request failed" then the server refused the
+connection. If it says "your server software is being unfriendly" then
+its probably because you have invalid command line parameters to smbd,
+or a similar fatal problem with the initial startup of smbd. Also
+check your config file for syntax errors with "testparm".
+
+TEST 4:
+-------
+
+run the command "nmblookup -B BIGSERVER __SAMBA__". You should get the
+IP address of your Samba server back.
+
+If you don't then nmbd is incorrectly installed. Check your inetd.conf
+if yu run it from there, or that the daemon is running and listening
+to udp port 137.
+
+One common problem is that many inetd implementations can't take many
+parameters on the command line. If this is the case then create a
+one-line script that contains the right parameters and run that from
+inetd.
+
+TEST 5:
+-------
+
+run the command "nmblookup -B ACLIENT '*'"
+
+You should get the PCs IP address back. If you don't then the client
+software on the PC isn't installed correctly, or isn't started, or you
+got the name of the PC wrong. Note that you probably won't get a "node
+status response" from the PC due to a bug in the microsoft netbios
+nameserver implementation (it responds to the wrong port number).
+
+TEST 6:
+-------
+
+run the command "nmblookup -d 2 '*'"
+
+This time we are trying the same as the previous test but are trying
+it via a broadcast to the default broadcast address. A number of
+Netbios/TCPIP hosts on the network should respond, although Samba may
+not catch all of the responses in the short time it listens. You
+should see "got a positive name query response" messages from several
+hosts.
+
+If this doesn't give a similar result to the previous test then
+nmblookup isn't correctly getting your broadcast address through its
+automatic mechanism. In this case you should experiment with the -B
+option which allows you to manually specify the broadcast address,
+overriding the automatic detection. You should try different broadcast
+addresses until your find the one that works. It will most likely be
+something like a.b.c.255 as microsoft tcpip stacks only listen on 1's
+based broadcast addresses. If you get stuck then ask your local
+networking guru for help (and show them this paragraph).
+
+If you find you do need the -B option (ie. the automatic detection
+doesn't work) then you should add the -B option with the right
+broadcast address for your network to the command line of nmbd in
+inetd.conf or in the script you use to start nmbd as a daemon. Once
+you do this go back to the "nmblookup __SAMBA__ -B BIGSERVER" test to
+make sure you have it running properly.
+
+If your PC and server aren't on the same subnet then you will need to
+use the -B option to set the broadcast address to the that of the PCs
+subnet.
+
+TEST 7:
+-------
+
+run the command "smbclient '\\BIGSERVER\TMP'". You should then be
+prompted for a password. You should use the password of the account
+you are logged into the unix box with. If you want to test with
+another account then add the -U <accountname> option to the command
+line.
+
+Once you enter the password you should get the "smb>" prompt. If you
+don't then look at the error message. If it says "invalid network
+name" then the service "tmp" is not correctly setup in your smb.conf.
+
+If it says "bad password" then the likely causes are:
+
+- you have shadow passords (or some other password system) but didn't
+compile in support for them in smbd
+- your "valid users" configuration is incorrect
+- you have a mixed case password and you haven't enabled the "password
+level" option at a high enough level
+- the "path =" line in smb.conf is incorrect. Check it with testparm
+
+Once connected you should be able to use the commands "dir" "get"
+"put" etc. Type "help <command>" for instructions. You should
+especially check that the amount of free disk space shown is correct
+when you type "dir".
+
+
+TEST 8:
+-------
+
+On the PC type the command "net view \\BIGSERVER". You will need to do
+this from within a "dos prompt" window. You should get back a list of
+available shares on the server.
+
+If you get a "network name not found" or similar error then netbios
+name resolution is not working. This is usually caused by a problem in
+nmbd. To overcome it you could do one of the following (you only need
+to choose one of them):
+
+- fixup the nmbd installation
+- add the IP address of BIGSERVER to the "wins server" box in the
+advanced tcp/ip setup on the PC.
+- enable windows name resolution via DNS in the advanced section of
+the tcp/ip setup
+- add BIGSERVER to your lmhosts file on the PC.
+
+If you get a "invalid network name" or "bad password error" then the
+same fixes apply as they did for the "smbclient -L" test above. In
+particular, make sure your "hosts allow" line is correct (see the man
+pages)
+
+
+TEST 9:
+--------
+
+run the command "net use x: \\BIGSERVER\TMP". You should be prompted
+for a password then you should get a "command completed successfully"
+message. If not then your PC software is incorrectly installed or your
+smb.conf is incorrect. make sure your "hosts allow" and other config
+lines in smb.conf are correct.
+
+It's also possible that the server can't work out what user name to
+connect you as. To see if this is the problem add the line "user =
+USERNAME" to the [tmp] section of smb.conf where "USERNAME" is the
+username corresponding to the password you typed. If you find this
+fixes things you may need the username mapping option.
+
+
+TEST 10:
+--------
+
+From file manager try to browse the server. Your samba server should
+appear in the browse list of your local workgroup (or the one you
+specified in the Makefile). You should be able to double click on the
+name of the server and get a list of shares. If you get a "invalid
+password" error when you do then you are probably running WinNT and it
+is refusing to browse a server that has no encrypted password
+capability and is in user level security mode.
+
+
+Still having troubles?
+----------------------
+
+Try the mailing list or newsgroup, or use the tcpdump-smb utility to
+sniff the problem.
+
+
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/DNIX.txt b/docs/textdocs/DNIX.txt
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+DNIX has a problem with seteuid() and setegid(). These routines are
+needed for Samba to work correctly, but they were left out of the DNIX
+C library for some reason.
+
+For this reason Samba by default defines the macro NO_EID in the DNIX
+section of includes.h. This works around the problem in a limited way,
+but it is far from ideal, some things still won't work right.
+
+To fix the problem properly you need to assemble the following two
+functions and then either add them to your C library or link them into
+Samba.
+
+put this in the file setegid.s:
+
+ .globl _setegid
+_setegid:
+ moveq #47,d0
+ movl #100,a0
+ moveq #1,d1
+ movl 4(sp),a1
+ trap #9
+ bccs 1$
+ jmp cerror
+1$:
+ clrl d0
+ rts
+
+
+put this in the file seteuid.s:
+
+ .globl _seteuid
+_seteuid:
+ moveq #47,d0
+ movl #100,a0
+ moveq #0,d1
+ movl 4(sp),a1
+ trap #9
+ bccs 1$
+ jmp cerror
+1$:
+ clrl d0
+ rts
+
+after creating the above files you then assemble them using
+
+as seteuid.s
+as setegid.s
+
+that should produce the files seteuid.o and setegid.o
+
+then you need to add these to the LIBSM line in the DNIX section of
+the Samba Makefile. Your LIBSM line will then look something like this:
+
+LIBSM = setegid.o seteuid.o -ln
+
+You should then remove the line:
+
+#define NO_EID
+
+from the DNIX section of includes.h
+
+Then recompile and try it out!
+
+Note that this file was derived from an email from Peter Olsson
+<pol@leissner.se>. I don't have DNIX myself, so you're probably better
+off contacting Peter if you have problems.
+
+Andrew
+
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/DOMAIN.txt b/docs/textdocs/DOMAIN.txt
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+Samba now supports domain logons and network logon scripts. The
+support is still experimental, but it seems to work.
+
+The support is also not complete. Samba does not yet support the
+sharing of the SAM database with other systems yet, or remote
+administration. Support for these kind of things should be added
+sometime in the future.
+
+The domain support only works for WfWg and Win95 clients. Support for
+NT and OS/2 clients is still being worked on.
+
+Using these features you can make your clients verify their logon via
+the Samba server and make clients run a batch file when they logon to
+the network. The latter is particularly useful.
+
+To use domain logons you need to do the following:
+
+1) Setup nmbd and smbd and configure the smb.conf so that Samba is
+acting as the master browser. See INSTALL.txt and BROWSING.txt for
+details.
+
+2) create a share called [netlogon] in your smb.conf. This share should
+be readable by all users, and probably should not be writeable. This
+share will hold your network logon scripts.
+
+For example I have used:
+
+ [netlogon]
+ path = /data/dos/netlogon
+ writeable = no
+ guest ok = yes
+
+
+3) in the [global] section of smb.conf set the following:
+
+ domain logons = yes
+ logon script = %U.bat
+
+the choice of batch file is, of course, up to you. The above would
+give each user a separate batch file as the %U will be changed to
+their username automatically. The other standard % macros may also be
+used. You can make the btch files come from a subdirectory by using
+soemthing like:
+
+ logon script = scripts\%U.bat
+
+4) create the batch files to be run when the user logs in. If the batch
+file doesn't exist then no batch file will be run.
+
+In the batch files you need to be careful to use DOS style cr/lf line
+endings. If you don't then DOS may get confused. I suggest you use a
+DOS editor to remotely edit the files if you don't know how to produce
+DOS style files under unix.
+
+5) Use smbclient with the -U option for some users to make sure that
+the \\server\NETLOGON share is available, the batch files are visible
+and they are readable by the users.
+
+6) you will probabaly find that your clients automatically mount the
+\\SERVER\NETLOGON share as drive z: while logging in. You can put some
+useful programs there to execute from the batch files.
+
+
+NOTE: You must be using "security = user" or "security = server" for
+domain logons to work correctly. Share level security won't work
+correctly.
+
+
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/ENCRYPTION.txt b/docs/textdocs/ENCRYPTION.txt
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+ LanManager / Samba Password Encryption.
+ ---------------------------------------
+
+With the development of LanManager compatible password encryption for
+Samba, it is now able to validate user connections in exactly the same
+way as a LanManager or Windows NT server.
+
+This document describes how the SMB password encryption algorithm
+works and what issues there are in choosing whether you want to use
+it. You should read it carefully, especially the part about security
+and the "PROS and CONS" section.
+
+How does it work ?
+------------------
+
+ LanManager encryption is somewhat similar to UNIX password
+encryption. The server uses a file containing a hashed value of a
+users password. This is created by taking the users paintext
+password, capitalising it, and either truncating to 14 bytes (or
+padding to 14 bytes with null bytes). This 14 byte value is used as
+two 56 bit DES keys to encrypt a 'magic' eight byte value, forming a
+16 byte value which is stored by the server and client. Let this value
+be known as the *hashed password*.
+
+When a client (LanManager, Windows for WorkGroups, Windows 95 or
+Windows NT) wishes to mount a Samba drive (or use a Samba resource) it
+first requests a connection and negotiates the protocol that the client
+and server will use. In the reply to this request the Samba server
+generates and appends an 8 byte, random value - this is stored in the
+Samba server after the reply is sent and is known as the *challenge*.
+
+The challenge is different for every client connection.
+
+The client then uses the hashed password (16 byte value described
+above), appended with 5 null bytes, as three 56 bit DES keys, each of
+which is used to encrypt the challenge 8 byte value, forming a 24 byte
+value known as the *response*.
+
+In the SMB call SMBsessionsetupX (when user level security is
+selected) or the call SMBtconX (when share level security is selected)
+the 24 byte response is returned by the client to the Samba server.
+
+The Samba server then reproduces the above calculation, using it's own
+stored value of the 16 byte hashed password (read from the smbpasswd
+file - described later) and the challenge value that it kept from the
+negotiate protocol reply. It then checks to see if the 24 byte value it
+calculates matches the 24 byte value returned to it from the client.
+
+If these values match exactly, then the client knew the correct
+password (or the 16 byte hashed value - see security note below) and
+is this allowed access. If not then the client did not know the
+correct password and is denied access.
+
+Note that the Samba server never knows or stores the cleartext of the
+users password - just the 16 byte hashed function derived from it. Also
+note that the cleartext password or 16 byte hashed value are never
+transmitted over the network - thus increasing security.
+
+IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SECURITY
+-----------------------------
+
+The unix and SMB password encryption techniques seem similar on the
+surface. This similarity is, however, only skin deep. The unix scheme
+typically sends clear text passwords over the nextwork when logging
+in. This is bad. The SMB encryption scheme never sends the cleartext
+password over the network but it does store the 16 byte hashed value
+on disk. This is also bad. Why? Because the 16 byte hashed value is a
+"password equivalent". You cannot derive the users password from it,
+but it could potentially be used in a modified client to gain access
+to a server. This would require considerable technical knowledge on
+behalf of the attacker but is perfectly possible. You should thus
+treat the smbpasswd file as though it contained the cleartext
+passwords of all your users. Its contents must be kept secret, and the
+file should be protected accordingly.
+
+Ideally we would like a password scheme which neither requires plain
+text passwords on the net or on disk. Unfortunately this is not
+available as Samba is stuck with being compatible with other SMB
+systems (WinNT, WfWg, Win95 etc).
+
+
+PROS AND CONS
+-------------
+
+There are advantages and disadvantages to both schemes.
+
+Advantages of SMB Encryption:
+-----------------------------
+
+- plain text passwords are not passed across the network. Someone using
+a network sniffer cannot just record passwords going to the SMB server.
+
+- WinNT doesn't like talking to a server that isn't using SMB
+encrypted passwords. It will refuse to browse the server if the server
+is also in user level security mode. It will insist on promting the
+user for the password on each connection, which is very annoying. The
+only things you can do to stop this is to use SMB encryption.
+
+Advantages of non-encrypted passwords:
+--------------------------------------
+
+- plain text passwords are not kept on disk.
+
+- uses same password file as other unix services such as login and
+ftp
+
+- you are probably already using other services (such as telnet and
+ftp) which send plain text passwords over the net, so not sending them
+for SMB isn't such a big deal.
+
+- the SMB encryption code in Samba is new and has only had limited
+testing. We have tried hard to make it secure but in any new
+implementation of a password scheme there is the possability of an
+error.
+
+
+The smbpasswd file.
+-------------------
+
+ In order for Samba to participate in the above protocol it must
+be able to look up the 16 byte hashed value given a user name.
+Unfortunately, as the UNIX password value is also a one way hash
+function (ie. it is impossible to retrieve the cleartext of the users
+password given the UNIX hash of it) then a separate password file
+containing this 16 byte value must be kept. To minimise problems with
+these two password files, getting out of sync, the UNIX /etc/passwd and
+the smbpasswd file, a utility, mksmbpasswd.sh, is provided to generate
+a smbpasswd file from a UNIX /etc/passwd file.
+
+To generate the smbpasswd file from your /etc/passwd file use the
+following command :-
+
+cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh >/usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd
+
+If you are running on a system that uses NIS, use
+
+ypcat passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh >/usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd
+
+The mksmbpasswd.sh program is found in the Samba source directory. By
+default, the smbpasswd file is stored in :-
+
+/usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd
+
+The owner of the /usr/local/samba/private directory should be set to
+root, and the permissions on it should be set to :-
+
+r-x------
+
+The command
+
+chmod 500 /usr/local/samba/private
+
+will do the trick. Likewise, the smbpasswd file inside the private
+directory should be owned by root and the permissions on is should be
+set to
+
+rw-------
+
+by the command :-
+
+chmod 600 smbpasswd.
+
+The format of the smbpasswd file is
+
+username:uid:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:Long name:user home dir:user shell
+
+Although only the username, uid, and XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+sections are significant and are looked at in the Samba code.
+
+It is *VITALLY* important that there by 32 'X' characters between the
+two ':' characters - the smbpasswd and Samba code will fail to validate
+any entries that do not have 32 characters between ':' characters.
+
+When the password file is created all users have password entries
+consisting of 32 'X' characters. By default this disallows any access
+as this user. When a user has a password set, the 'X' characters change
+to 32 ascii hexadecimal digits (0-9, A-F). These are an ascii
+representation of the 16 byte hashed value of a users password.
+
+To set a user to have no password (not recommended), edit the file
+using vi, and replace the first 11 characters with the asci text
+
+NO PASSWORD
+
+Eg. To clear the password for user bob, his smbpasswd file entry would
+look like :
+
+bob:100:NO PASSWORDXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:Bob's full name:/bobhome:/bobshell
+
+If you are allowing users to use the smbpasswd command to set their own
+passwords, you may want to give users NO PASSWORD initially so they do
+not have to enter a previous password when changing to their new
+password (not recommended).
+
+Note : This file should be protected very carefully. Anyone with
+access to this file can (with enough knowledge of the protocols) gain
+access to your SMB server. The file is thus more sensitive than a
+normal unix /etc/passwd file.
+
+The smbpasswd Command.
+----------------------
+
+ The smbpasswd command maintains the 32 byte password field in
+the smbpasswd file. If you wish to make it similar to the unix passwd
+or yppasswd programs, install it in /usr/local/samba/bin (or your main
+Samba binary directory) and make it setuid root.
+
+Note that if you do not do this then the root user will have to set all
+users passwords.
+
+To set up smbpasswd as setuid root, change to the Samba binary install
+directory and then type (as root) :
+
+chown root smbpasswd
+chmod 4555 smbpasswd
+
+If smbpasswd is installed as setuid root then you would use it as
+follows.
+
+smbpasswd
+Old SMB password: <type old alue here - just hit return if there is NO PASSWORD>
+New SMB Password: < type new value >
+Repeat New SMB Password: < re-type new value >
+
+If the old value does not match the current value stored for that user,
+or the two new values do not match each other, then the password will
+not be changed.
+
+If invoked by an ordinary user it will only allow the user to change
+his or her own Samba password.
+
+If run by the root user smbpasswd may take an optional argument,
+specifying the user name whose SMB password you wish to change. Note
+that when run as root smbpasswd does not prompt for or check the old
+password value, thus allowing root to set passwords for users who have
+forgotten their passwords.
+
+smbpasswd is designed to work in the same way and be familiar to UNIX
+users who use the passwd or yppasswd commands.
+
+NOTE. As smbpasswd is designed to be installed as setuid root I would
+appreciate it if everyone examined the source code to look for
+potential security flaws. A setuid program, if not written properly can
+be an open door to a system cracker. Please help make this program
+secure by reporting all problems to me (the author, Jeremy Allison).
+
+My email address is :-
+
+jra@vantive.com
+
+Setting up Samba to support LanManager Encryption.
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+This is a very brief description on how to setup samba to support
+password encryption. More complete instructions will probably be added
+later.
+
+1) get and compile the libdes libraries. the source is available from
+nimbus.anu.edu.au in pub/tridge/libdes/libdes.tar.92-10-13.gz
+
+2) enable the encryption stuff in the Samba makefile, making sure you
+point it to the libdes library and include file (it needs des.h)
+The entries you need to uncomment are the four lines after the comment :-
+
+# This is for SMB encrypted (lanman) passwords.
+
+Note that you may have to change the variable DES_BASE to
+point at the place where you installed the DES library.
+
+3) compile and install samba as usual
+
+4) f your system can't compile the module getsmbpass.c then remove the
+-DSMBGETPASS define from the Makefile.
+
+5) enable encrypted passwords in smb.conf by adding the line
+"encrypt passwords = yes" in the [global] section
+
+6) create the initial smbpasswd password file in the place you
+specified in the Makefile. A simple way to do this based on your
+existing Makefile (assuming it is in a reasonably standard format) is
+like this:
+
+cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh > /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd
+
+Change ownership of private and smbpasswd to root.
+
+chown -R root /usr/local/samba/private
+
+Set the correct permissions on /usr/local/samba/private
+
+chmod 500 /usr/local/samba/private
+
+Set the correct permissions on /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd
+
+chmod 600 /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd
+
+note that the mksmbpasswd.sh script is in the samba source directory.
+
+If this fails then you will find that you will need entries that look
+like this:
+
+# SMB password file.
+tridge:148:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:Andrew Tridgell:/home/tridge:/bin/tcsh
+
+note that the uid and username fields must be right. Also, you must get
+the number of X's right (there should be 32).
+
+If you wish, install the smbpasswd program as suid root.
+
+chown root /usr/local/samba/bin/smbpasswd
+chmod 4555 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbpasswd
+
+7) set the passwords for users using the smbpasswd command. For
+example, as root you could do "smbpasswd tridge"
+
+8) try it out!
+
+Note that you can test things using smbclient, as it also now supports
+encryption.
+
+NOTE TO USA Sites that Mirror Samba
+-----------------------------------
+
+The DES library is considered a munition in the USA. Under US Law it is
+illegal to export this software, or to put it in a freely available ftp
+site.
+
+Please do not mirror the DES directory from the site on nimbus.anu.edu.au
+
+Thank you,
+
+Jeremy Allison.
+
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/HINTS.txt b/docs/textdocs/HINTS.txt
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+Here are some random hints that you may find useful. These really
+should be incorporated in the main docs someday.
+
+
+----------------------
+HINT: Always test your smb.conf with testparm before using it
+
+If your smb.conf file is invalid then samba will fail to load. Run
+testparm over it before you install it just to make sure there aren't
+any basic syntax or logical errors.
+
+
+----------------------
+HINT: Try printing with smbclient first
+
+If you have problems printing, test with smbclient first. Just connect using
+"smbclient '\\server\printer' -P" and use the "print" command.
+
+Once this works, you know that Samba is setup correctly for printing,
+and you should be able to get it to work from your PCs.
+
+This particularly helps in getting the "print command" right.
+
+
+----------------------
+HINT: Mount cdroms with conv=binary
+
+Some OSes (notably Linux) default to auto detection of file type on
+cdroms and do cr/lf translation. This is a very bad idea when use with
+Samba. It causes all sorts of stuff ups.
+
+To overcome this problem use conv=binary when mounting the cdrom
+before exporting it with Samba.
+
+
+----------------------
+HINT: Convert between unix and dos text formats
+
+Jim barry has written an excellent drag-and-drop cr/lf converter for
+windows. Just drag your file onto the icon and it converts the file.
+
+Get it from
+ftp://nimbus.anu.edu.au/pub/tridge/samba/contributed/fixcrlf.zip
+
+----------------------
+HINT: Use the "username map" option
+
+If the usernames used on your PCs don't match those used on the unix
+server then you will find the "username map" option useful.
+
+-----------------------
+HINT: Use "security = user" in [global]
+
+If you have the same usernames on the unix box and the PCs or have
+mapped them with the "username map" option then choose "security =
+user" in the [global] section of smb.conf.
+
+This will mean your password is checked only when you first connect,
+and subsequent connections to printers, disks etc will go more
+smoothly and much faster.
+
+The main problem with "security = user" if you use WfWg is that you
+will ONLY be able to connect as the username that you log into WfWg
+with. This is because WfWg silently ignores the password field in the
+connect drive dialog box if the server is in user security mode.
+
+------------------------
+HINT: Make your printers not "guest ok"
+
+If your printers are not "guest ok" and you are using "security =
+user" and have matching unix and PC usernames then you will attach to
+the printer without trouble as your own username. This will mean you
+will be able to delete print jobs (in 1.8.06 and above) and printer
+accounting will be possible.
+
+
+-----------------------
+HINT: Use a sensible "guest" account
+
+Even if all your services are not available to "guest" you will need a
+guest account. This is because the browsing is done as guest. In many
+cases setting "guest account = ftp" will do the trick. Using the
+default guest account or "guest account = nobody" will give problems on
+many unixes. If in doubt create another account with minimal
+privilages and use it instead. Your users don't need to know the
+password of the guest account.
+
+
+-----------------------
+HINT: Use the latest TCP/IP stack from microsoft if you use Windows
+for workgroups.
+
+The early TCP/IP stacks had lots of bugs.
+
+Microsoft has released an incremental upgrade to their TCP/IP 32-Bit
+VxD drivers. The latest release can be found on their ftp site at
+ftp.microsoft.com, located in /peropsys/windows/public/tcpip/wfwt32.exe.
+There is an update.txt file there that describes the problems that were
+fixed. New files include WINSOCK.DLL, TELNET.EXE, WSOCK.386, VNBT.386,
+WSTCP.386, TRACERT.EXE, NETSTAT.EXE, and NBTSTAT.EXE.
+
+
+-----------------------
+HINT: nmbd can act as a "WINS" server
+
+By default SMB clients use broadcasts to find shares. Recent clients
+(such as WfWg) can use a "wins" server instead, whcih reduces your
+broadcast traffic and allows you to find names across routers.
+
+Just point your WfWg, Win95 and NT clients at the Samba box in the WINS option.
+
+Note: nmbd does not support all WINS operations. Anyone out there have
+a spec they could send me?
+
+-----------------------
+HINT: you may need to delete your .pwl files when you change password.
+
+WfWg does a lousy job with passwords. I find that if I change my
+password on either the unix box or the PC the safest thing to do is to
+delete the .pwl files in the windows directory. The PC will complain about not finding the files, but will soon get over it, allowing you to enter the new password.
+
+If you don't do this you may find that WfWg remembers and uses the old
+password, even if you told it a new one.
+
+Often WfWg will totally ignore a password you give it in a dialog box.
+
+----------------------
+HINT: Using MS Access
+
+Here are some notes on running MS-Access on a Samba drive from Stefan
+Kjellberg <stefank@esi.com.au>
+
+1. Opening a database in 'exclusive' mode does NOT work. Samba ignores
+ r/w/share modes on file open.
+
+2. Make sure that you open the database as 'shared' and to 'lock modified
+ records'
+
+3. Of course locking must be enabled for the particular share (smb.conf)
+
+
+---------------------
+HINT: password cacheing in WfWg
+
+Here is a hint from michael@ecel.uwa.edu.au (Michael Simmons):
+
+In case people where not aware. There is a program call admincfg.exe
+on the last disk (disk 8) of the WFW 3.11 disk set. To install it
+type EXPAND A:\ADMINCFG.EX_ C:\WINDOWS\ADMINCFG.EXE Then add an icon
+for it via the "Progam Manager" "New" Menu. This program allows you
+to control how WFW handles passwords. ie disable Password Caching etc
+for use with "security = user"
+
+
+--------------------
+HINT: file descriptor limits
+
+If you have problems with the limits on the number of open files you
+can edit local.h to fix it.
+
+--------------------
+HINT: HPUX initgroups() problem
+
+here is a hint from Frank Wales [frank@arcglade.demon.co.uk]:
+
+HP's implementation of supplementary groups is, er, non-standard (for
+hysterical reasons). There are two group files, /etc/group and
+/etc/logingroup; the system maps UIDs to numbers using the former, but
+initgroups() reads the latter. Most system admins who know the ropes
+symlink /etc/group to /etc/logingroup (hard link doesn't work for reasons
+too stupid to go into here). initgroups() will complain if one of the
+groups you're in in /etc/logingroup has what it considers to be an invalid
+ID, which means outside the range [0..UID_MAX], where UID_MAX is (I think)
+60000 currently on HP-UX. This precludes -2 and 65534, the usual 'nobody'
+GIDs.
+
+Perhaps you could suggest to users that, if they encounter this problem,
+they make sure that the programs that are failing to initgroups() be
+run as users not in any groups with GIDs outside the allowed range.
+
+This is documented in the HP manual pages under setgroups(2) and passwd(4).
+
+
+---------------------
+HINT: Patch your SCO system
+
+If you run SCO Unix then you may need to get important TCP/IP patches
+for Samba to work correctly. Try
+
+Paul_Davis@mindlink.bc.ca writes:
+
+ I was having problems with Accpac using 1.9.02 on SCO Unix. One
+ posting function reported corrupted data. After installing uod385a,
+ the problem went away (a restore from backup and then another
+ run-thru).
+
+ It appears that the uod385a update for SCO may be fairly important for
+ a lot of different DOS and Windows software under Samba.
+
+ uod385a can be found at ftp.sco.com /SLS/uod385a.Z and uod385a.ltr.Z.
+
+
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/INSTALL.sambatar b/docs/textdocs/INSTALL.sambatar
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+
+Please see the readme and the man page for general info.
+
+1) Follow the samba installation instructions.
+
+2) If all goes well, test it out by creating a share on your PC (called
+backup for example) then doing something like,
+
+ ./smbtar -s mypc -t /dev/rmt/0ubn -x backup
+
+substituting whatever your tape drive is for the -t option, or set your
+tape environmental variable.
+
+If all does not go well, feel free to mail the author (poultenr@logica.co.uk)
+about bug reports / help / money / pizza / etc.
+
+3) Read the man page and the NOTES file for more information
+
+4) Work smbtar into your usual nightly backup scheme (presuming you
+have one :-}).
+
+
+NOTE:
+
+If you have problems with smbtar then it's probably best to contact the
+author Ricky Poulten (poultenr@logica.co.uk).
+
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/PROJECTS b/docs/textdocs/PROJECTS
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+ Samba Projects Directory
+ ========================
+
+
+>>>>> NOTE: THIS FILE IS NOW VERY OUT OF DATE <<<<<
+
+
+This is a list of who's working on what in Samba. It's not guaranteed
+to be uptodate or accurate but I hope it will help us getting
+coordinated.
+
+If you are working on something to do with Samba and you aren't here
+then please let me know! Also, if you are listed below and you have
+any corrections or updates then please let me know.
+
+Email contact:
+samba-bugs@anu.edu.au
+
+========================================================================
+Documentation and FAQ
+
+Docs and FAQ files for the Samba suite of software.
+
+Contact Karl.Auer@anu.edu.au
+
+Mark Preston is now working on a set of formatted docs for Samba.
+Contact mpreston@sghms.ac.uk
+
+Docs are currently up to date with version, 1.7.07. FAQ being added to
+as questions arise.
+
+Status last updated 27th September 1994
+========================================================================
+
+========================================================================
+Netbeui support
+
+This aims to produce patches so that Samba can be used with clients
+that do not have TCP/IP. It will try to remain as portable as possible.
+
+Contact Brian.Onn@Canada.Sun.COM (Brian Onn)
+
+The project is just startup up.
+
+Status last updated 4th October 1994
+========================================================================
+
+========================================================================
+Smbfs
+
+A mountable smb filesystem for Linux using the userfs userspace filesystem
+
+Contact lendecke@namu01.gwdg.de (Volker Lendecke)
+
+Currently this is at version 0.2. It works but is really only for
+people with some knowledge and experience of Linux kernel hacking.
+
+Status last updated 23rd August 1994
+========================================================================
+
+========================================================================
+Nmbd
+
+Aims to produce a complete rfc1001/1002 implementation. The current
+nmbd is a partial implementation.
+
+Contact Fabrice Cetre (cetre@ifhpserv.insa-lyon.fr)
+
+Status last updated 23rd August 1994
+========================================================================
+
+========================================================================
+Admin Tool
+
+Aims to produce a nice smb.conf editor and other useful tools for
+administering a Samba system.
+
+Contact: Steve Brown (steve@unicorn.dungeon.com)
+
+In the design phase.
+
+Status last updated 4th September 1994
+========================================================================
+
+
+========================================================================
+Lanman Client.
+
+Contact: john@amanda.xs4all.nl (John Stewart)
+
+Aims to produce a reliable LANMAN Client implementation for LINUX,
+and possibly other variations of UNIX. Project ably started by
+Tor Lillqvist; tml@hemuli.tte.vtt.fi
+
+Status last updated 17th January 1995
+========================================================================
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/Passwords.txt b/docs/textdocs/Passwords.txt
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+NOTE ABOUT PASSWORDS
+====================
+
+Unix systems use a wide variety of methods for checking the validity
+of a password. This is primarily controlled with the Makefile defines
+mentioned in the Makefile.
+
+Also note that some clients (notably WfWg) uppercase the password
+before sending it. The server tries the password as it receives it and
+also after lowercasing it.
+
+The Samba server can also be configured to try different
+upper/lowercase combinations. This is controlled by the [global]
+parameter "password level". A level of N means to try all combinations
+up to N uppercase characters in the password. A high value can chew a
+fair bit of CPU time and can lower the security of your system. Do not
+use this options unless you really need it - the time taken for
+password checking can become so high that clients time out.
+
+If you do use the "password level" option then you might like to use
+-DUFC_CRYPT in your Makefile. On some machine this makes password
+checking _much_ faster. This is also useful if you use the @group
+syntax in the user= option.
+
+If your site uses AFS (the Andrew File System), you can use the AFS section
+in the Makefile. This will first attempt to authenticate a username and
+password to AFS. If that succeeds, then the associated AFS rights will be
+granted. Otherwise, the password checking routine falls back to whatever
+Unix password checking method you are using. Note that the AFS code is
+only written and tested for AFS 3.3 and later.
+
+
+SECURITY = SERVER
+=================
+
+Samba can use a remote server to do it's username/password
+validation. This allows you to have one central machine (for example a
+NT box) control the passwords for the Unix box.
+
+See the section on "security =" in smb.conf(5) for details.
+
+
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/README.DCEDFS b/docs/textdocs/README.DCEDFS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f84b84bb68
--- /dev/null
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+=============================================================================
+
+ Basic DCE/DFS Support for SAMBA 1.9.13
+
+ Jim Doyle <doyle@oec.com> 06-02-95
+
+=============================================================================
+
+Functionality:
+--------------
+
+ Per-instance authentication for DCE/DFS.
+
+Missing Functionality in this Implementation:
+---------------------------------------------
+
+ * No automatic refresh of credentials
+
+ To do so would not be that hard.. One could simply
+ stash the clear-text key in memory, spawn a key management
+ thread to wake up right before credentials expire and
+ refresh the login context.
+
+ * No UNIX Signals support (SIGCLD, SIGPIPE, SIGHUP, SIGBUS, SIGSEGV)
+
+
+ There is no support for signal processing in Samba daemons
+ that need to authenticate with DCE. The explanation for this
+ is that the smbd is linked against thread-safe libraries in
+ order to be able to use DCE authentication mechanisms.
+ Because smbd uses signal() and fork(), it represents the
+ worst case scenario for DCE portability. In order
+ to properly support signals in a forked server environment,
+ some rework of smbd is needed in order to properly
+ construct, shutdown and reconstruct asynchronous signal
+ handling threads and synchronous signal traps across the
+ parent and child. I have not had contiguous time to work
+ on it, I expect it to be a weeks worth of work to cleanly
+ integrate thread-safe signal handing into the code and
+ test it. Until I can get to this task, I will leave it up
+ to someone adventurous enough to engineer it and negotiate
+ with Andrew to integrate the changes into the mainline branch.
+
+ The lack of full signal support means that you cannot
+ rely upon SIGHUP-ing the parent daemon to refresh
+ the configuration data. Likewise, you cannot take advantage
+ of the builtin SIGBUS/SIGSEGV traps to diagnose failures.
+ You will have to halt Samba in order to make changes
+ and then have them take effect.
+
+ The SMBD server as it stands is suitable to use if you
+ already have experience with configuring and running
+ SAMBA.
+
+Tested Platforms:
+-----------------
+
+ HP-UX 9.05 / HP-UX DCE 1.2.1
+ AIX 3.2.5 / AIX DCE/6000 1.3
+ DEC OSF-1 3.0 / DEC DCE 1.3
+
+Building:
+---------
+
+ - Uncomment the the appropriate block in the Makefile
+ for the platform you wish to build on.
+
+ - Samples of Samba server configuration files for our
+ DFS environment are included in samples.dcedfs/
+
+
+
+Bugs, Suggestions, etc..
+--------------------------
+
+ Please post them to the mailing list.
+ That way I will see them and they will become part of
+ the archives so others can share the knowledge.
+
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/README.jis b/docs/textdocs/README.jis
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ac6716a6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/textdocs/README.jis
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+$B!|(B samba $BF|K\8lBP1~$K$D$$$F(B
+
+1. $BL\E*(B
+
+ $BF|K\8lBP1~$O!"(B
+
+ (1) MS-Windows $B>e$G!"4A;z%U%!%$%kL>$r$I$&$7$F$b07$&I,MW$N$"$k%"%W%j%1!<%7%g%s$,$A$c(B
+ $B$s$HF0:n$9$k!#Nc$($P!"(BMS-WORD 5 $B$J$I$O!"%$%s%9%H!<%k;~$K4A;z$N%U%!%$%kL>$r>!<j(B
+ $B$K$D$1$F$7$^$$$^$9!#$3$&$$$C$?>l9g$K$A$c$s$HBP1~$G$-$k$h$&$K$9$k!#(B
+
+ (2) UNIX $B$O!":G6a$G$O$[$H$s$I$N$b$N$,(B 8 bits $B$N%U%!%$%kL>$r%5%]!<%H$7$F$$$^$9$,!"(B
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+ $B$,K~B-$G$-$k$h$&$K$9$k!#(B
+
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+
+2. $BMxMQJ}K!(B
+
+(1) $BDI2C$7$?%Q%i%a!<%?(B
+
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+
+ [global]
+ ....
+ coding system = <$B%3!<%I7O(B>
+
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+ $B@_Dj$G$-$k$b$N$O!"<!$N$h$&$K$J$C$F$$$^$9!#(B
+
+ sjis: SHIFT JIS (MS $B4A;z%3!<%I(B)
+ euc: EUC $B%3!<%I(B
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+ '$B%*%U%#%9(B' $B$H$$$&L>A0$O!"(B':83:49:83:74:83:42:83:58' $B$N$h$&$K!"(B':' $B$N8e$K#27e(B
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+ JIS $B%3!<%I$K$D$$$F$O!"0J2<$NI=$r;2>H$7$F2<$5$$!#(B
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+
+(2) smbclient $B$N%*%W%7%g%s(B
+
+ $B%/%i%$%"%s%H%W%m%0%i%`$G$b!"4A;z$d2>L>$r4^$s$@%U%!%$%k$r07$($k$h$&$K!"<!$N%*%W%7%g%s(B
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+
+ -t <$B%?!<%_%J%k%3!<%I7O(B>
+
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+
+(3) $B%G%U%)%k%H(B
+
+ $B%G%U%)%k%H$N%3!<%I7O$O!"%3%s%Q%$%k;~$K7h$^$j$^$9!#(B
+
+3. $B%3%s%Q%$%k;~$N@_Dj(B
+
+ Makefile $B$K@_Dj$9$k9`L\$r0J2<$K<($7$^$9!#(B
+
+(1) KANJI $B%U%i%0(B
+
+ $B%3%s%Q%$%k%*%W%7%g%s$K(B -DKANJI=\"$B%3!<%I7O(B\" $B$r;XDj$7$^$9!#$3$N%3!<%I7O$O(B 2. $B$G;X(B
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+ $B%W%m%0%i%`$N%G%U%)%k%H$KCM$J$j$^$9!#(B
+
+3. $B@)8B;v9`(B
+
+(1) $B4A;z%3!<%I(B
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+
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+ $B$^$9!#(B
+
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+
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+
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+
+5. $B$=$NB>(B
+
+ hex $B7A<0$NJQ49J}K!$O!"(B
+
+ $BBgLZ!wBgDM!&C^GH(B <ohki@gssm.otsuka.tsukuba.ac.jp>$B;a(B
+
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+
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/README.sambatar b/docs/textdocs/README.sambatar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26829952eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/textdocs/README.sambatar
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+
+This is version 1.4 of my small extension to samba that allows PC shares
+to be backed up directly to a UNIX tape. It only has been tested under
+Solaris 2.3, Linux 1.1.59 and DG/UX 5.4r3.10 with version 1.9.13 of samba.
+
+See the file INSTALL for installation instructions, and
+the man page and NOTES file for some basic usage. Please let me know if you
+have any problems getting it to work under your flavour of Unix.
+
+This is only (yet another) intermediate version of sambatar.
+This version also comes with an extra gift, zen.bas, written in
+microsoft qbasic by a colleague. It is (apparently) based on a 70s
+British sci-fi series known as Blake's 7. If you have any questions
+about this program, or any suggestions (e.g. what about servillan.bas
+?), feel free to mail the author (of zen.bas) greenm@lilhd.logica.com.
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/SCO.txt b/docs/textdocs/SCO.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b3801471f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/textdocs/SCO.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+There is an annoying TCPIP bug in SCO Unix. This causes orruption when
+transferring files with Samba.
+
+Geza Makay (makayg@math.u-szeged.hu) sends this information:
+
+The patch you need is UOD385 Connection Drivers SLS. It is available from
+SCO (ftp.sco.com, directory SLS, files uod385a.Z and uod385a.ltr.Z).
+
+You do not need anything else but the above patch. It installs in seconds,
+and corrected the Excel problem. We also had some other minor problems (not
+only with Samba) that disappeared by installing this patch.
+
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/SMBTAR.notes b/docs/textdocs/SMBTAR.notes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a23cbf2b32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/textdocs/SMBTAR.notes
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+
+Intro
+-----
+
+sambatar is just a small extension to the smbclient program distributed with
+samba. A basic front end shell script, smbtar, is provided as an interface
+to the smbclient extensions.
+
+Extensions
+----------
+
+This release adds the following extensions to smbclient,
+
+tar [c|x] filename
+ creates or restores from a tar file. The tar file may be a tape
+or a unix tar file. tar's behaviour is modified with the newer and tarmode
+commands.
+
+tarmode [full|inc|reset|noreset]
+ With no arguments, tarmode prints the current tar mode (by default full,
+noreset). In full mode, every file is backed up during a tar command.
+In incremental, only files with the dos archive bit set are backed up.
+The archive bit is reset if in reset mode, or left untouched if in noreset.
+In reset mode, the share has to be writable, which makes sambatar even
+less secure. An alternative might be to use tarmode inc noreset which
+would implement an "expanding incremental" backup (which some may prefer
+anyway).
+
+setmode <setmode string> filename
+ This is a "freebie" - nothing really to do with sambatar. This
+is a crude attrib like command (only the other way around). Setmode string
+is a combination of +-rhsa. So for example -rh would reset the read only
+bit on filename.
+
+newer filename
+ This is in fact part of the 1.9.13 samba distribution, but comes
+into its own with sambatar. This causes tar (or get, mget, etc) to
+only copy files newer than the specified file name. Could be used
+against the previous nights (or whatever) log file to implement incremental
+backups. \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/Speed.txt b/docs/textdocs/Speed.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5dfd70323b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/textdocs/Speed.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+This file tries to outline the ways to improve the speed of a Samba server.
+
+Andrew Tridgell
+January 1995
+
+
+COMPARISONS
+-----------
+
+The Samba server uses TCP to talk to the client. Thus if you are
+trying to see if it performs well you should really compare it to
+programs that use the same protocol. The most readily available
+programs for file transfer that use TCP are ftp or another TCP based
+SMB server.
+
+If you want to test against something like a NT or WfWg server then
+you will have to disable all but TCP on either the client or
+server. Otherwise you may well be using a totally different protocol
+(such as Netbeui) and comparisons may not be valid.
+
+Generally you should find that Samba performs similarly to ftp at raw
+transfer speed. It should perform quite a bit faster than NFS,
+although this very much depends on your system.
+
+Several people have done comparisons between Samba and Novell, NFS or
+WinNT. In some cases Samba performed the best, in others the worst. I
+suspect the biggest factor is not Samba vs some other system but the
+hardware and drivers used on the various systems. Given similar
+hardware Samba should certainly be competitive in speed with other
+systems.
+
+
+SOCKET OPTIONS
+--------------
+
+There are a number of socket options that can greatly affect the
+performance of a TCP based server like Samba.
+
+The socket options that Samba uses are settable both on the command
+line with the -O option, or in the smb.conf file.
+
+The "socket options" section of the smb.conf manual page describes how
+to set these and gives recommendations.
+
+Getting the socket options right can make a big difference to your
+performance, but getting them wrong can degrade it by just as
+much. The correct settings are very dependent on your local network.
+
+The socket option TCP_NODELAY is the one that seems to make the
+biggest single difference for most networks. Many people report that
+adding "socket options = TCP_NODELAY" doubles the read performance of
+a Samba drive. The best explanation I have seen for this is that the
+Microsoft TCP/IP stack is slow in sending tcp ACKs.
+
+
+READ SIZE
+---------
+
+The option "read size" affects the overlap of disk reads/writes with
+network reads/writes. If the amount of data being transferred in
+several of the SMB commands (currently SMBwrite, SMBwriteX and
+SMBreadbraw) is larger than this value then the server begins writing
+the data before it has received the whole packet from the network, or
+in the case of SMBreadbraw, it begins writing to the network before
+all the data has been read from disk.
+
+This overlapping works best when the speeds of disk and network access
+are similar, having very little effect when the speed of one is much
+greater than the other.
+
+The default value is 16384, but very little experimentation has been
+done yet to determine the optimal value, and it is likely that the best
+value will vary greatly between systems anyway. A value over 65536 is
+pointless and will cause you to allocate memory unnecessarily.
+
+
+MAX XMIT
+--------
+
+At startup the client and server negotiate a "maximum transmit" size,
+which limits the size of nearly all SMB commands. You can set the
+maximum size that Samba will negotiate using the "max xmit = " option
+in smb.conf.
+
+It defaults to 65536 bytes (the maximum), but it is possible that some
+clients may perform better with a smaller transmit unit. Trying values
+of less than 2048 is likely to cause severe problems.
+
+In most cases the default is the best option.
+
+
+LOCKING
+-------
+
+By default Samba does not implement strict locking on each read/write
+call (although it did in previous versions). If you enable strict
+locking (using "strict locking = yes") then you may find that you
+suffer a severe performance hit on some systems.
+
+The performance hit will probably be greater on NFS mounted
+filesystems, but could be quite high even on local disks.
+
+
+SHARE MODES
+-----------
+
+Some people find that opening files is very slow. This is often
+because of the "share modes" code needed to fully implement the dos
+share modes stuff. You can disable this code using "share modes =
+no". This will gain you a lot in opening and closing files but will
+mean that (in some cases) the system won't force a second user of a
+file to open the file read-only if the first has it open
+read-write. For many applications that do their own locking this
+doesn't matter, but for some it may.
+
+LOG LEVEL
+---------
+
+If you set the log level (also known as "debug level") higher than 2
+then you may suffer a large drop in performance. This is because the
+server flushes the log file after each operation, which can be very
+expensive.
+
+
+WIDE LINKS
+----------
+
+The "wide links" option is now enabled by default, but if you disable
+it (for better security) then you may suffer a performance hit in
+resolving filenames. The performance loss is lessened if you have
+"getwd cache = yes", which is now the default.
+
+
+READ RAW
+--------
+
+The "read raw" operation is designed to be an optimised, low-latency
+file read operation. A server may choose to not support it,
+however. and Samba makes support for "read raw" optional, with it
+being enabled by default.
+
+In some cases clients don't handle "read raw" very well and actually
+get lower performance using it than they get using the conventional
+read operations.
+
+So you might like to try "read raw = no" and see what happens on your
+network. It might lower, raise or not affect your performance. Only
+testing can really tell.
+
+
+WRITE RAW
+---------
+
+The "write raw" operation is designed to be an optimised, low-latency
+file write operation. A server may choose to not support it,
+however. and Samba makes support for "write raw" optional, with it
+being enabled by default.
+
+Some machines may find "write raw" slower than normal write, in which
+case you may wish to change this option.
+
+READ PREDICTION
+---------------
+
+Samba can do read prediction on some of the SMB commands. Read
+prediction means that Samba reads some extra data on the last file it
+read while waiting for the next SMB command to arrive. It can then
+respond more quickly when the next read request arrives.
+
+This is disabled by default. You can enable it by using "read
+prediction = yes".
+
+Note that read prediction is only used on files that were opened read
+only.
+
+Read prediction should particularly help for those silly clients (such
+as "Write" under NT) which do lots of very small reads on a file.
+
+Samba will not read ahead more data than the amount specified in the
+"read size" option. It always reads ahead on 1k block boundaries.
+
+
+MEMORY MAPPING
+--------------
+
+Samba supports reading files via memory mapping them. One some
+machines this can give a large boost to performance, on others it
+makes not difference at all, and on some it may reduce performance.
+
+To enable you you have to recompile Samba with the -DUSE_MMAP=1 option
+on the FLAGS line of the Makefile.
+
+Note that memory mapping is only used on files opened read only, and
+is not used by the "read raw" operation. Thus you may find memory
+mapping is more effective if you disable "read raw" using "read raw =
+no".
+
+
+SLOW CLIENTS
+------------
+
+One person has reported that setting the protocol to COREPLUS rather
+than LANMAN2 gave a dramatic speed improvement (from 10k/s to 150k/s).
+
+I suspect that his PC's (386sx16 based) were asking for more data than
+they could chew. I suspect a similar speed could be had by setting
+"read raw = no" and "max xmit = 2048", instead of changing the
+protocol. Lowering the "read size" might also help.
+
+
+SLOW LOGINS
+-----------
+
+Slow logins are almost always due to the password checking time. Using
+the lowest practical "password level" will improve things a lot. You
+could also enable the "UFC crypt" option in the Makefile.
+
+CLIENT TUNING
+-------------
+
+Often a speed problem can be traced to the client. The client (for
+example Windows for Workgroups) can often be tuned for better TCP
+performance.
+
+See your client docs for details. In particular, I have heard rumours
+that the WfWg options TCPWINDOWSIZE and TCPSEGMENTSIZE can have a
+large impact on performance.
+
+Also note that some people have found that setting DefaultRcvWindow in
+the [MSTCP] section of the SYSTEM.INI file under WfWg to 3072 gives a
+big improvement. I don't know why.
+
+My own experience wth DefaultRcvWindow is that I get much better
+performance with a large value (16384 or larger). Other people have
+reported that anything over 3072 slows things down enourmously. One
+person even reported a speed drop of a factor of 30 when he went from
+3072 to 8192. I don't know why.
+
+It probably depends a lot on your hardware, and the type of unix box
+you have at the other end of the link.
+
+MY RESULTS
+----------
+
+Some people want to see real numbers in a document like this, so here
+they are. I have a 486sx33 client running WfWg 3.11 with the 3.11b
+tcp/ip stack. It has a slow IDE drive and 20Mb of ram. It has a SMC
+Elite-16 ISA bus ethernet card. The only WfWg tuning I've done is to
+set DefaultRcvWindow in the [MSTCP] section of system.ini to 16384. My
+server is a 486dx3-66 running Linux. It also has 20Mb of ram and a SMC
+Elite-16 card. You can see my server config in the examples/tridge/
+subdirectory of the distribution.
+
+I get 490k/s on reading a 8Mb file with copy.
+I get 441k/s writing the same file to the samba server.
+
+Of course, there's a lot more to benchmarks than 2 raw throughput
+figures, but it gives you a ballpark figure.
+
+I've also tested Win95 and WinNT, and found WinNT gave me the best
+speed as a samba client. The fastest client of all (for me) is
+smbclient running on another linux box. Maybe I'll add those results
+here someday ...
+
+
+COMMENTS
+--------
+
+If you've read this far then please give me some feedback! Which of
+the above suggestions worked for you?
+
+Mail the samba mailing list or samba-bugs@anu.edu.au
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/Support.txt b/docs/textdocs/Support.txt
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+The Samba Consultants List
+==========================
+
+This is a list of people who are prepared to install and support Samba.
+Note that in most countries nobody should admit to "supplying" Samba, since
+there is then an implied warranty with possibly onerous legal obligations.
+Just downloading and installing it isn't supply in this sense, but advertising
+"run our Samba for best results" may be so.
+
+Being on this list does not imply any sort of endorsement by anyone, it is just
+provided in the hope that it will be useful.
+
+If you want to be added to the list, or want your entry modified then
+contact the address below. They are currently listed in the
+order that they were received. If it gets too big we may organise it
+by region. Please make sure to include a header line giving the region
+and country, eg CANBERRA - AUSTRALIA.
+
+You can contact the maintainers at samba-bugs@anu.edu.au
+
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+BRISBANE - AUSTRALIA
+
+Brett Worth
+Select Computer Technology - Brisbane
+431 Logan Road
+Stones Corner QLD 4120
+E-Mail: brett@sct.com.au
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+CANBERRA - AUSTRALIA
+
+Paul Blackman (ictinus@lake.canberra.edu.au, Ph. 06 2012518) is
+available for consultation. Paul's Samba background is with
+Solaris 2.3/4 and WFWG/Win95 machines. Paul is also the maintainer
+of the SAMBA Web Pages.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+READING - ENGLAND
+
+Philip Hands | E-Mail: info@hands.com
+Philip Hands Computing Ltd. | Tel: +44 1734 476287 Fax: 1734 474655
+Unit 1, Cherry Close, Caversham, Reading RG4 8UP UK
+
+Samba experience: SVR4,SVR3.2 & Linux <--> WfWg, W3.1, OS2 and MS-LanMan
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ILLONOIS - USA
+
+Information One, Inc.
+736 Hinman Ave, Suite 2W
+Evanston, IL 60202
+708-328-9137 708-328-0117 FAX
+info@info1.com
+
+Providing custom Internet and networking solutions.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Olympic Peninsula Consulting; 1241 Lansing Ave W., Bremerton, WA 98312-4343
+telephone 1+ 360 792 6938; mailto:opc@aa.net; http://www.aa.net/~opc;
+Unix Systems and TCP/IP Network design, programming, and administration.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+SolutionS R Us has been in business for 3+ years providing viable 3rd
+party support in system/network administration. With our own Linux
+distribution which we're constantly improving to make it the best and
+using it to provide total solutions for companies which are open to
+using Linux.
+
+Mauro DePalma <mauro@sru.com>
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+BIELEFELD - GERMANY
+
+I am located in Bielefeld/Germany and have been doing Unix consultancy
+work for the past 8 years throughout Germany and the rest of Europe. I
+can be contacted by email at <jpm@mens.de> or via phone at +49 521
+9225922 or telefax at +49 521 9225924.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+CANBERRA - AUSTRALIA
+
+Ben Elliston
+Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering
+University of Canberra AUSTRALIA
+E-mail: ben@ise.canberra.edu.au (Uni)
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+PALERMO - ITALY
+
+Francesco Cardinale
+E-Mail: cardinal@palermo.italtel.it
+Samba experience: SVR3.2, SOLARIS, ULTRIX, LINUX <--> DOS LAN-MAN, WFW
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+SYDNEY - AUSTRALIA
+
+John Terpstra - Aquasoft (jht@aquasoft.com.au)
+Business: +612 524 4040
+Home: +612 540 3154
+Shoephone: +612 414 334422 (aka 0414 334422)
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ONTARIO - CANADA
+
+Strata Software Limited, Kanata Ontario CANADA
+Tel: +1 (613) 591-1922 Fax: +1 (613) 591-3485
+Email: sales@strataware.com WWW: http://www.strataware.com/
+
+Strata Software Limited is a software development and consulting group
+specializing in data communications (TCP/IP and OSI), X.400, X.500 and
+LDAP, and X.509-based security. We have Samba experience with Windows NT,
+Windows 95, and Windows for Workgroups clients with Linux, Unixware
+(SVR4), and HP-UX servers.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+SYDNEY - AUSTRALIA
+
+We are a Unix & Windows developer with a consulting & support component.
+In business since 1981 with experience on Sun, hp, sgi, IBM rs6000 plus
+Windows, NT and Win95, Using Samba since September 94.
+CodeSmiths, 22 Darley Road, MANLY 2095 NSW; 977 1979; fax: 977 2116
+philm@esi.com.au (Australia; New South Wales; SYDNEY; North East)
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+EDINBUGH - SCOTLAND
+
+Charlie Hussey email charlie@edina.demon.co.uk
+Edina Software Limited tel 0131 657 1129
+4 James Street fax 0131 669 9092
+Edinburgh EH15 2DS
+
+SAMBA experience: SCO UNIX <=> WfWg
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+LONDON - ENGLAND
+
+Mark H. Preston,
+Network Analyst, | Email : mpreston@sghms.ac.uk
+Computer Unit, | Tel : +44 (0)181 725-5434
+St. George's Hospital Med School, | Fax : +44 (0)181 725-3583
+London SW17 ORE. | WWW : http://www.sghms.ac.uk
+
+Samba Experience:
+Server: Solaris 2.3 & 2.4, Irix 5.2 & 5.3
+Client: WinNT, Win95, WfWg, Win3.1, Ms-LanMan, DHCP support
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+SYDNEY - AUSTRALIA
+
+Pacific ESI has used and installed Samba since 1.6 on a range
+of machines running SunOS, BSD/OS, SCO/UNIX, HP/UX, and Solaris,
+and WfWG and Windows95. The largest system worked on to date
+involved an Australia wide network of machines with PCs and SUNs
+at the various nodes. The in-house testing site is a wide area
+network with three sites, remotely connected with PPP and with
+SUN servers at each site to all of which are connected several
+PCs running mainly WfWG.
+
+Stefan Kjellberg Pacific Engineering Systems
+International
+info@eram.esi.com.au Voice:+61-2-9063377
+... Fax:+61-2-9063468
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+CHANTILLY - USA
+
+Intelligent Decisions, Inc.
+ATTN: Richard Bullington
+14121 Parke Long Ct. #104
+Chantilly, VA 22021
+U.S.A.
+(703) 803-8070
+rbullington@intdec.com
+
+Samba experience: Linux, DEC ULTRIX <=> WFWG 3.11, Windows NT 3.5
+Specializing in World Wide Web related UNIX-to-PC connectivity.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+FORT COLLINS, CO - USA
+
+Granite Computing Solutions
+ATTN: Brian Grossman
+Box 270103
+Fort Collins, CO 80527-0103
+U.S.A.
+(970) 225-2370
+granite@fortnet.org
+
+Information services, including WfWG, NT, Apple <=> Unix interoperability.
+
+Our standard advertisement says:
+
+> Unix workstations, servers and custom systems <
+>> WWW and Unix education <<
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+>>> Backup & restore <<<
+>> Software forensics <<
+> Data translation <
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+----------------------------------------------------------
+Adelaide, Australia
+
+NS Computer Software and Services P/L
+PO Box 86
+Ingle Farm
+SA 5098
+
+Contact: Richard Sharpe
+ Ph: +61-8-281-0063 (08-281-0063) AH
+ FAX:+61-8-250-2080 (08-250-2080)
+
+Experience with: ULTRIX, Digital UNIX, SunOS, WfW 3.11, Win95, WNT 3.51
+
+----------------------------------------------------------
+
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+TECTONIC LIMITED
+WESTWOOD
+78 LOUGHBOROUGH ROAD
+QUORN
+LEICESTERSHIRE
+LE12 8DX
+
+TELEPHONE 01509-620922
+FAX 01509-620933
+
+CONTACT DAVID ROBINSON
+
+WE ARE UNIX ORIENTATED BUT ALSO SPECIALISE IN PC TO UNIX COMMUNICATIONS, WE
+KNOW AND UNDERSTAND PC-NFS, (HENCE OUR INTEREST IN SAMBA).
+WE SUPPORT SUNOS, SOLARIS 1.X AND 2.X, HP-UX 9.0 AND 10.0, OSF (or DEC UNIX,
+whichever you prefer), WinNT, WfWG and Win95.
+
+WE ARE ALREADY TALKING TO A COUPLE OF VERY LARGE SAMBA USERS HERE IN THE UK.
+WE WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THEM (AND MANY MORE), WOULD YOU PLEASE CONTACT ME ON:
+david@tectonic.demon.co.uk
+----------------------------------------------------------
+
+----------------------------------------------------------
+MIAMI, FL - USA
+
+Swaney & Associates, Inc.
+ATTN: Stephen Swaney
+ 2543 Lincoln Avenue
+ Miami, Florida 33133
+ U.S.A
+ (305) 860-0570
+
+Specializing in:
+ High Availability system & networks
+ UNIX to PC connectivity
+ Market Data systems
+ Messaging Systems (Sendmail & Microsoft Exchange)
+----------------------------------------------------------
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+NEW JERSEY - USA
+
+William J. Maggio
+LAN & Computer Integrators, Inc.
+242 Old New Brunswick Road Email: bmaggio@lci.com
+Suite 440 Voice: 908-981-1991
+Piscataway, NJ 08855 Fax : 908-981-1858
+
+ Specializing in Internet connectivity and security, Sun integration and
+ high speed, enterprise network design and deployment.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+FAREHAM - ENGLAND
+
+High Field Technology Ltd
+Little Park Farm Road, Segensworth West,
+Fareham, Hants PO15 5SJ, UK.
+sales@hft.co.uk tel +44 148 957 0111 fax +44 148 957 0555
+
+Company skills: Real time hardware and software systems
+
+Samba experience: BSD/OS, Linux, LynxOS <==> WFWG, NT
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+QUEBEC - CANADA
+
+Dataden Computer Systems
+Attn: Danny Arseneau
+arseneau@parkmed.com
+895 2nd Avenue
+Ile Bizard, Quebec
+Canada, H9C 1K3
+Tel: (514)891-2293
+Fax: (514)696-0848
+
+Dataden is company that specializes in Unix--TCP/IP networking.
+We have over 15 years of experience. We have been installing,
+configuring and maintaining Samba for clients for 1-1/2 years now. We
+have samba installations on Linx, SunOS and DEC OSF. Our biggest site
+has 4 Suns and 3 Linux servers running Samba which are serving a network
+of about 50 PC's running WFWg and Win95.
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+CALIFORNIA - USA
+
+Ron Halstead
+Open Systems Consulting
+3098-4 Lakemont Drive
+San Ramon, CA 94583 (San Francisco Bay Area)
+(510) 735-7529
+halstead@ix.netcom.com
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+MELBOURNE - AUSTRALIA
+
+Michael Ciavarella
+Cybersoruce Pty Ltd.
+8/140 Queen Street
+Melbourne VIC 3000
+Phone: +61-3-9642-5997
+Fax: +61-3-9642-5998
+Email: mikec@cyber.com.au
+WWW: http://www.cyber.com.au
+
+Cybersource specialises in TCP/IP network integration and Open Systems
+administration. Cybersource is an Australian-owned and operated
+company, with clients including some of Australia's largest financial,
+petrochemical and state government organisations.
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - USA
+
+Michael St. Laurent
+Serving Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Please contact via email.
+rowl@earthlink.net
+Michael St. Laurent
+Hartwell Corporation
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+WASHINGTON DC METRO - USA
+
+Asset Software, Inc. has been running Samba since the 1.6 release on various
+platforms, including SunOS 4.x, Solaris 2.x, IRIX 4.x and 5.x, Linux 1.1x,
+1.2x, and 1.3x, and BSD UNIX 4.3 and above. We specialize in small office
+network solutions and provide services to enhance a small office's
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+Our upcoming multi-mailbox mail client, IQ Mail, enables users with more
+than one mailbox to send and retrieve their mail from a single, consistent
+mail client running in Windows.
+
+David J. Fenwick Asset Software, Inc.
+President djf@assetsw.com
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/UNIX-SMB.txt b/docs/textdocs/UNIX-SMB.txt
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+This is a short document that describes some of the issues that
+confront a SMB implementation on unix, and how Samba copes with
+them. They may help people who are looking at unix<->PC
+interoperability.
+
+It was written to help out a person who was writing a paper on unix to
+PC connectivity.
+
+Andrew Tridgell
+April 1995
+
+
+Usernames
+=========
+
+The SMB protocol has only a loose username concept. Early SMB
+protocols (such as CORE and COREPLUS) have no username concept at
+all. Even in later protocols clients often attempt operations
+(particularly printer operations) without first validating a username
+on the server.
+
+Unix security is based around username/password pairs. A unix box
+should not allow clients to do any substantive operation without some
+sort of validation.
+
+The problem mostly manifests itself when the unix server is in "share
+level" security mode. This is the default mode as the alternative
+"user level" security mode usually forces a client to connect to the
+server as the same user for each connected share, which is
+inconvenient in many sites.
+
+In "share level" security the client normally gives a username in the
+"session setup" protocol, but does not supply an accompanying
+password. The client then connects to resources using the "tree
+connect" protocol, and supplies a password. The problem is that the
+user on the PC types the username and the password in different
+contexts, unaware that they need to go together to give access to the
+server. The username is normally the one the user typed in when they
+"logged onto" the PC (this assumes Windows for Workgroups). The
+password is the one they chose when connecting to the disk or printer.
+
+The user often chooses a totally different username for their login as
+for the drive connection. Often they also want to access different
+drives as different usernames. The unix server needs some way of
+divining the correct username to combine with each password.
+
+Samba tries to avoid this problem using several methods. These succeed
+in the vast majority of cases. The methods include username maps, the
+service%user syntax, the saving of session setup usernames for later
+validation and the derivation of the username from the service name
+(either directly or via the user= option).
+
+File Ownership
+==============
+
+The commonly used SMB protocols have no way of saying "you can't do
+that because you don't own the file". They have, in fact, no concept
+of file ownership at all.
+
+This brings up all sorts of interesting problems. For example, when
+you copy a file to a unix drive, and the file is world writeable but
+owned by another user the file will transfer correctly but will
+receive the wrong date. This is because the utime() call under unix
+only succeeds for the owner of the file, or root, even if the file is
+world writeable. For security reasons Samba does all file operations
+as the validated user, not root, so the utime() fails. This can stuff
+up shared development diectories as programs like "make" will not get
+file time comparisons right.
+
+There are several possible solutions to this problem, including
+username mapping, and forcing a specific username for particular
+shares.
+
+Passwords
+=========
+
+Many SMB clients uppercase passwords before sending them. I have no
+idea why they do this. Interestingly WfWg uppercases the password only
+if the server is running a protocol greater than COREPLUS, so
+obviously it isn't just the data entry routines that are to blame.
+
+Unix passwords are case sensitive. So if users use mixed case
+passwords they are in trouble.
+
+Samba can try to cope with this by either using the "password level"
+option which causes Samba to try the offered password with up to the
+specified number of case changes, or by using the "password server"
+option which allows Samba to do it's validation via another machine
+(typically a WinNT server).
+
+Samba also doesn't support the password encryption method used by SMB
+clients. This is because the spec isn't sufficiently detailed for an
+implementation (although Jeremy Allison is working on it, to try and
+work it out). Also, there is a fundamental problem with what we
+understand so far in the algorithm, as it seems that the server would
+need to store somewhere on disk a reversibly encrypted (effectively
+plaintext) copy of the users password in order to use the
+algorithm. This goes against the unix policy that "even the super-user
+doesn't know your password" which comes from the use of a one-way hash
+function.
+
+Locking
+=======
+
+The locking calls available under a DOS/Windows environment are much
+richer than those available in unix. This means a unix server (like
+Samba) choosing to use the standard fcntl() based unix locking calls
+to implement SMB locking has to improvise a bit.
+
+One major problem is that dos locks can be in a 32 bit (unsigned)
+range. Unix locking calls are 32 bits, but are signed, giving only a 31
+bit range. Unfortunately OLE2 clients use the top bit to select a
+locking range used for OLE semaphores.
+
+To work around this problem Samba compresses the 32 bit range into 31
+bits by appropriate bit shifting. This seems to work but is not
+ideal. In a future version a separate SMB lockd may be added to cope
+with the problem.
+
+It also doesn't help that many unix lockd daemons are very buggy and
+crash at the slightest provocation. They normally go mostly unused in
+a unix environment because few unix programs use byte range
+locking. The stress of huge numbers of lock requests from dos/windows
+clients can kill the daemon on some systems.
+
+The second major problem is the "opportunistic locking" requested by
+some clients. If a client requests opportunistic locking then it is
+asking the server to notify it if anyone else tries to do something on
+the same file, at which time the client will say if it is willing to
+give up it's lock. Unix has no simple way of implementing
+opportunistic locking, and currently Samba has no support for it.
+
+Deny Modes
+==========
+
+When a SMB client opens a file it asks for a particular "deny mode" to
+be placed on the file. These modes (DENY_NONE, DENY_READ, DENY_WRITE,
+DENY_ALL, DENY_FCB and DENY_DOS) specify what actions should be
+allowed by anyone else who tries to use the file at the same time. If
+DENY_READ is placed on the file, for example, then any attempt to open
+the file for reading should fail.
+
+Unix has no equivalent notion. To implement these Samba uses lock
+files based on the files inode and placed in a separate lock
+directory. These are clumsy and consume processing and file resources,
+so they are optional and off by default.
+
+Trapdoor UIDs
+=============
+
+A SMB session can run with several uids on the one socket. This
+happens when a user connects to two shares with different
+usernames. To cope with this the unix server needs to switch uids
+within the one process. On some unixes (such as SCO) this is not
+possible. This means that on those unixes the client is restricted to
+a single uid.
+
+Port numbers
+============
+
+There is a convention that clients on sockets use high "unprivilaged"
+port numbers (>1000) and connect to servers on low "privilaged" port
+numbers. This is enforced in Unix as non-root users can't open a
+socket for listening on port numbers less than 1000.
+
+Most PC based SMB clients (such as WfWg and WinNT) don't follow this
+convention completely. The main culprit is the netbios nameserving on
+udp port 137. Name query requests come from a source port of 137. This
+is a problem when you combine it with the common firewalling technique
+of not allowing incoming packets on low port numbers. This means that
+these clients can't query a netbios nameserver on the other side of a
+low port based firewall.
+
+The problem is more severe with netbios node status queries. I've
+found that WfWg, Win95 and WinNT3.5 all respond to netbios node status
+queries on port 137 no matter what the source port was in the
+request. This works between machines that are both using port 137, but
+it means it's not possible for a unix user to do a node status request
+to any of these OSes unless they are running as root. The answer comes
+back, but it goes to port 137 which the unix user can't listen
+on. Interestingly WinNT3.1 got this right - it sends node status
+responses back to the source port in the request.
+
+
+Protocol Complexity
+===================
+
+There are many "protocol levels" in the SMB protocol. It seems that
+each time new functionality was added to a Microsoft operating system,
+they added the equivalent functions in a new protocol level of the SMB
+protocol to "externalise" the new capabilities.
+
+This means the protocol is very "rich", offering many ways of doing
+each file operation. This means SMB servers need to be complex and
+large. It also means it is very difficult to make them bug free. It is
+not just Samba that suffers from this problem, other servers such as
+WinNT don't support every variation of every call and it has almost
+certainly been a headache for MS developers to support the myriad of
+SMB calls that are available.
+
+There are about 65 "top level" operations in the SMB protocol (things
+like SMBread and SMBwrite). Some of these include hundreds of
+sub-functions (SMBtrans has at least 120 sub-functions, like
+DosPrintQAdd and NetSessionEnum). All of them take several options
+that can change the way they work. Many take dozens of possible
+"information levels" that change the structures that need to be
+returned. Samba supports all but 2 of the "top level" functions. It
+supports only 8 (so far) of the SMBtrans sub-functions. Even NT
+doesn't support them all.
+
+Samba currently supports up to the "NT LM 0.12" protocol, which is the
+one preferred by Win95 and WinNT3.5. Luckily this protocol level has a
+"capabilities" field which specifies which super-duper new-fangled
+options the server suports. This helps to make the implementation of
+this protocol level much easier.
+
+There is also a problem with the SMB specications. SMB is a X/Open
+spec, but the X/Open book is far from ideal, and fails to cover many
+important issues, leaving much to the imagination.
+
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/WinNT.txt b/docs/textdocs/WinNT.txt
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+There are some particular issues with Samba and Windows NT
+
+=====================================================================
+One of the most annoying problems with WinNT is that NT refuses to
+connect to a server that is in user level security mode and that
+doesn't support password encryption unless it first prompts the user
+for a password.
+
+This means even if you have the same password on the NT box and the
+Samba server you will get prompted for a password. Entering the
+correct password will get you connected.
+
+The other major ramification of this feature of NT is that it can't
+browse a user level non-encrypted server unless it already has a
+connection open. This is because there is no spot for a password
+prompt in the browser window. It works fine if you already have a
+drive mounted (for example, one auto mounted on startup).
+
+Samba should support encrypted passwords soon, which will solve this
+problem.
+=====================================================================
+
+
+
+=====================================================================
+When you mount a printer using the print manager in NT you may find
+the following info from Matthew Harrell <harrell@leech.nrl.navy.mil>
+useful:
+
+------------
+ I noticed in your change-log you noted that some people were
+still unable to use print manager under NT. If this is the same problem
+that I encountered, it's caused by the length of time it takes NT to
+determine if the printer is ready.
+
+The problem occurs when you double-click on a printer to connect it to
+the NT machine. Because it's unable to determine if the printer is ready
+in the short span of time it has, it assumes it isn't and gives some
+strange error about not having enough resources (I forget what the error
+is). A solution to this that seems to work fine for us is to click
+once on the printer, look at the bottom of the window and wait until
+it says it's ready, then clilck on "OK".
+
+By the way, this problem probably occurs in our group because the
+Samba server doesn't actually have the printers - it queues them to
+remote printers either on other machines or using their own network
+cards. Because of this "middle layer", it takes an extra amount of
+time for the NT machine to get verification that the printer queue
+actually exists.
+
+I hope this helped in some way...
+-----------
+=====================================================================
+
+
+